Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bambara

/bɑmˈbɑɹ.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: bam-bara
IPA: /bɑmˈbɑɹ.ə/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.

noun

The Bambara groundnut, Vigna subterranea.

name

A West Sudanic language spoken mainly in Mali by as many as six million people, and by smaller numbers of people in Senegal Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Gambia.

Inflected Forms

Bambaras (plural)

Phrases

Bambara bean Bambara groundnut Bambara nut

Questions

How do you pronounce bambara?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɑmˈbɑɹ.ə/.
What does bambara mean?: A member of a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa.

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